Swimming & Diving Opens 2021-22 Season on Thursday

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving program begins a new era as it opens the 2021-22 season against Texas A&M at 2 p.m., Thursday, inside the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium.

Admission is free, and all fans are invited to attend.

ABOUT the COUGARS
Following an award-winning career as a student-athlete at Texas, Head Coach Tanica Jamison became an assistant coach at Texas A&M in 2011. During her time with the Aggies, she trained six student-athletes to NCAA individual titles, 33 SEC champions and 133 NCAA Championships qualifiers while helping lead the team to five conference titles.

Jamison became the eighth head coach in Houston history with her hiring in May.

The Cougars have a rich recent history, winning each of the last five American Athletic Conference Championships titles. A year ago, Houston accumulated a meet record 1,009 team points with nine individual championships and five relay titles to claim the five-peat.

Diving Coach Bob Gunter was selected as the league's Co-Diving Coach of the Year, while swimmer Laura Garcia Marin was recognized as the Freshman of the Year.

Leading the way for the returnees in 2021-22 are senior diver Katie Deininger (3-meter) and sophomore diver Hedda Grelz (platform), who each captured American Athletic Conference championships in their events a year ago.

On the swimming side, Marin, senior Rachel Hicks, senior Katie Power, sophomore Hannah Farmer, junior Elizabeth Richardson and junior Audrey McKinnon each played key roles on relay teams that captured American Athletic Conference titles.

FOLLOW the COUGARS
Fans can follow live results from Thursday's meet by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following Thursday's meet, the Cougars continue their stay at the CRWC Natatorium as they play host to the Houston Diving Invitational on Oct. 15-16. While the divers compete at home, the Cougar swimmers return to action that weekend at the Rice Invitational.

Houston closes out the month of October when it takes on Arkansas at 11 a.m., Oct. 30, in Fayetteville, Ark.

JOIN FREESTYLE FUND
Fans can help support the Houston Swimming & Diving program by joining the Freestyle Fund. For more information about the Freestyle Fund, fans can click here or call Cougar Pride at (713) 743-GoUH.

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